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George Lucas, Venus Williams, Stephen Colbert—and the Teachers Who Inspired Them
May 7, 2018
By: Sasha Jones
Source: Education Week This Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7-11, comes on the heels of a school year defined by teacher walkouts and protests in response to low wages and insufficient school funding. As this wave of teacher activism has shown, teachers have long struggled with feeling undervalued. According to Gallup, almost half of teachers in […]
National Charter Schools Week, a Time for Celebrating Great Public Schools — and the Teachers Who Make Them Possible
May 6, 2018
By: Nina Rees
Source: The 74 Teacher strikes have dominated education headlines over the past month. At the recent Reagan Institute Summit on Education, Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, was asked about the topic and offered an answer you don’t often hear from conservative Republicans. Foxx, a former university […]
Lack of Quality Caregivers, Constant Turnover Tough on Families
May 2, 2018
By: Rita Price, The Columbus Dispatch/TNS
Source: Disability Scoop COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than a few times, Kenna Robinett says, she was asked to stop meddling and micromanaging. The agencies that had been hired to provide support and care for her twin nephews, both of whom have severe autism and cannot communicate verbally, said they could […]
Daydreaming or Distracted? What Teachers Misunderstand About ADHD
May 2, 2018
By: Kyle Redford
Source: Education Week We all have students in class who look as if their brains may have been hijacked. These are the students who have a faraway look in their eyes and struggle to stay present during the school day. They fail to make efficient transitions between activities and classes. They often arrive […]
Forget Memorization: Here’s Why Language Class Should Focus on Excitement Instead
May 2, 2018
By: Kristen Wolf
Source: EdSurge When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. I struggled to sit still, focus, engage and memorize. School often left me feeling inadequate. I became a teacher to empower students who feel as disconnected as […]
Are the Nation’s Schools Following the ADA?
May 1, 2018
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Members of Congress are asking for a federal investigation into whether schools across the country are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Nearly thirty years after passage of the landmark disability rights law, three lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office to find out if the nation’s schools […]
Students with Disabilities Explore Skills at Job Fair
April 30, 2018
By: Steffani Nolte
Source: KMTV 3 News Now LA VISTA, Neb. (KMTV) – Students with disabilities got hands-on experience from 63 area employers during the Omaha Project Search job fair. They learned about appropriate social media use, dressing for success, and practiced interview skills. The job fair is specifically designed to provide students with disabilities job […]
Trump Administration Seeks to Bar Immigrants with Disabilities
April 30, 2018
By: Michelle R. Davis
Source: Disability Scoop The Trump administration is moving to make it more difficult for immigrants with disabilities and their families to get a visa or attain permanent residency in the United States. A proposal from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Department of Homeland Security, would alter how immigrants are evaluated […]
Florida School Superintendents: ‘Now Is the Time’ to Deliver Student Mental Healthcare
April 30, 2018
By: Margie Menzel
Source: WFSU Public Media Last week, Florida’s 67 district school superintendents held a mental health summit to address what they’d already considered a crisis before the Parkland tragedy. Led by Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie, the summit drew lawmakers, behavioral health providers and state agency heads to Orlando for what many called an unprecedented […]
School Librarians Are Rockstar Resources
April 29, 2018
By: Starr Sackstein
Source: Education Week One of my favorite activities, when my son was younger, was walking to the public library and spending time finding books to read together and then later for him to take out books on his own. We are fortunate, our public library is very close to where we live and […]